This invention provides a method for the resource-based treatment of
tailings wastewater and the simultaneous
recovery of valuable metals, belonging to the field of mine
wastewater treatment technology. The method includes: constructing a
reaction system, which comprises a transparent reactor with a built-in
working electrode, a power-free photovoltaic
cell circuit
system, a powered photoelectric
electrolysis circuit
system, and a
light source; the photovoltaic
cell circuit
system and the photoelectric
electrolysis circuit system are switched in parallel; the
tailings wastewater is introduced into the transparent reactor and sealed; the
light source is turned on, and only the photovoltaic
cell circuit system is activated, to oxidize
ammonia nitrogen into
nitrogen gas and
nitrate nitrogen, and recover some
manganese metal; the
light source is turned on, and only the photoelectric
electrolysis circuit system is activated, to reduce
manganese ions to recover
manganese metal and reduce
nitrate nitrogen into
nitrogen gas. This invention provides a clean and efficient method for simultaneously oxidizing
ammonia nitrogen in mine
tailings wastewater and recovering valuable metals from the tailings wastewater; it utilizes an interconvertible photovoltaic cell
reaction system and a photoelectric electrolysis
reaction system to efficiently degrade
ammonia-containing pollutants in tailings wastewater and recover manganese
metal.